Where does “entame” come from?

entame (English) comes from English en, from French en, from Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

entame (English): To make tame, subdue, conquer, subjugate, enslave

Definitions

To make tame, subdue, conquer, subjugate, enslave

Ancestry of “entame”, step by step

entame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English en

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	en	Abbreviation of English; The name of the...
2	French	en	in; to; by
3	Middle French	en	on; on to
4	Old French	en	in; inside; on; upon; in
5	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
6	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7	Proto-Italic	en	in
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via English Tame

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Tame	river
2	Middle English	tame	tame, domesticated; cultivated, domesticated;...
3	Old English	tam	tame
4	Proto-West Germanic	tam	tame
5	Proto-Germanic	tamaz	tame
6	Proto-Indo-European	demh₂-	to tame, domesticate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →